To kick off National Poetry Month, I have three poems in the April issue of Verse-Virtual. This was my first submission to this journal, and I love the focus on community building and the note at the bottom of each page that encourages readers to contact the author if they love a piece.

My three poems in this issue are harder to share than most. They deal with the car accident that took the lives of my spouse’s parents. If you’re up for reading about my wishes to rewind and rewrite the past, the details of the car accident that kept me from sleeping well for months because I kept imagining it, and the bronchoscopy I witnessed, then these poems are for you. If you need to skip these poems, I will certainly understand.

I highly encourage you to read more of this issue, especially Barbara Crooker’s poem, which uses the Spanish glosa form. Thanks to editor Jim Lewis for curating this space and including my poems!